Ornamental chain



(No Model.)

B. F. EVANS.

ORNAMENTAL CHAIN. No. 323,862. Patented Aug. 4, 1885.

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ORNAMENTAL CHAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,862, dated August4, 1885.

Application filed May 18, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMlN F. EVANS, of Attleborough Falls, in thecounty of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Ornamental Chains; and I do hereby declare thefollowing specification, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of the same, to be a description thereof.

This invention relates to that variety of ornamental chains composed ofrows of rings or beads, which are secured to each other by transversefastening-pins or wires.

The invention consists in certain features of construction, hereinafterdescribed and claimed, by which the ends of the fasteningpins areconcealed from view, and yet the edges of the chain are made to appearas though rows of beads extended along said edges.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a face view of a piece ofchain embodying the invention. Fig. 2 represents a side view of thechain partly finished. Fig. 3 shows a side view of the same with theedge of the chain finished or completed. Fig. 4 represents a horizontalsection through Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 shows in perspective certain partsin detail. 1

A are the beads which mainly compose the chain and are arranged intransverse rows of any desired length. B are the fastening-pins orwires, which extend transversely of the chain and secure the rows ofbeads together. 0 C are rings over and upon which the fastening-pins areclinched, and D are caps having tangs d by which the caps are securedupon said rings to conceal the ends of the pins B. As shown in Figs. 4and 5, the rings 0 G are preferably provided with grooves c 0 upon theperiphery and one edge, so that the bent ends of the fastening-pinsshall not project beyond the surface of the rings when combinedtherewith.

In assembling the parts of the chain, the fastening-pins B are bent atone end, as shown in Fig. 5, and two of them are hooked upon a ring, 0,in the grooves c c. A cap, I), is then placed upon the ring and securedthereto by bending the tangs d inwardly thereon, the whole forming astaple. The legs of this staple are then passed through two contiguoustransverse rows of beads, A. One leg of a staple similarly formed isthen passed through one of said transverse rows of beads and the otherleg through the next contiguous row. A ring, 0, is now placed over thetwo adjacent legs of these staples, and said legs are bent outwardly anddownwardly through the grooves c c. A cap, D, is then placed upon thering 0 and secured thereto by bending inwardly the tangs d. In thismanner a chain of any desired length is formed, the edge appearing as inFig. 2.

In order to give the edges of the chain an appearance as thoughlongitudinal rows of beads extended along said edges, the centralportions of the heads ofthe caps D are forced inwardly by aproperly-shaped tool, thereby perforating the caps, as shown in Figs. 3and 4, and bending the stock thereof down upon the inside of the rings 00, thus leaving the bent ends of the fastening-pins B covered andconcealed, and giving to the caps the appearance of heads when viewedsidewise.

If desired, the grooves c c in the rings G C may be dispensed with andthe rings be made sufficiently thin or small to allow the pins B to bebent over them and the caps D to be placed thereon, as will be readilyunderstood.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the beads A, of the rings 0 O, thefastening-pins B, secured to said rings, and the caps D secured to therings and having their central portions bent or forced inwardly, wherebythe ends of the fiistening-pins are concealed and the edges of the chainare made to appear as though beads extended along said edges,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the beads A, of the rings 0 O, thefastening-pins B, bent at their ends over upon said rings, and the capsD, secured to said rings by tangs d, bent inwardly under the rings,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the beads A, of the rings 0 0, having grooves cc, the fastening-pins B, bent over the rings in said grooves, and thecaps D, covering the rings and the bent ends of the fastening-pins, andcentrally perforated, substantially as set forth.

BENJAMIN F. EVANS. Witnesses:

EnsoN SALISBURY J ONES, BENJ. THURSTON.

